>> jimmy: love the falcons but they will blow the lead theygh give these kids. what color subject folder you should bring to class. if you find yourself fighting over which color to put on your subject. >> ainsley: i would say science is green. that's it for us on this special edition of "the five." t thanks for joiningha us, see you back here next time. >> bret: good evening, welcome to washington. i'm bret baier. happy alicia. president biden ripping into maga republicans in his words in two political stops characterizing political opponents as full of, quote: anger, violence, hate and division. will california's power grid hold up as more intense heat grips the region? more warnings tonight about power usage from that state. and a busy and often uncomfortable labor day holiday weekend for travelers. we will have a live report. >> bret: but, first, breaking tonight former president trump will get a third party arbiter

to review documents taken from his home in florida by federal agents last month. a judge came down in favor of the trump team's request today rejecting arguments from prosecutors that the special master was both unnecessary and unwise. correspondent david spunt has tonight's top story. good evening, david. >> this judge's order out hours ago is a temporary legal victory for the former president and gives him more political opportunities to attack an ongoing grand jury investigation into his handling of sensitive documents. >> days after asking what is the harm with naming an outside neutral party to review the thousands of documents seized by the fbi, judge aileen cannon cited unprecedented circumstances in ordering the special master, quote: to review the seized property for personal items and documents and potentially privileged material subject to claims of attorney-client and/or executive privilege. the judge's order still allows

the intelligence community to continue its risk assessment of the seized material. but the government for now may not use the documents for investigative purposes. as part of the grand jury criminal probe. the judge noted those records include medical documents, tax related correspondence and accounting information. >> the fbi and the justice department have become vicious monsters. controlled by radical left scoundrels. >> days after the search, trump told fox news digital he will do whatever he can to help the country, insisting, quote: the temperature has to be brought down. the justice department in a statement said it would consider appropriate next steps but did not indicate whether it would appeal, perhaps ultimately to the supreme court. doj officials argued a special master was unnecessary since federal prosecutors already completed the review of material, possibly covered by attorney-client privilege. but the judge's order allow for review of possible executive

privilege as well. raising constitutional questions over whether a former president can keep sensitive classified documents from the current administration. >> they have been narrowly along conducting their investigation with the agents assuming all these documents were appropriate for the investigation. now, the judge is saying hold everything, he may have executive privilege. >> underlying all of this, the political considerations. the justice department typically does not bring a criminal case against political figures in a two months before a federal election. as for the name of the special master, that's still to be determined. the judge gave both sides until friday to come together and suggest names. bret, it could be a lawyer, a retired judge, even an intelligence official just not directly related to the case. >> bret: the reason an intelligence official potentially because they have to have clearance to deal with some of those documents? >> clearance at some of the highest levels. probably top secret clearance because you are dealing with hundreds of pages of documents and this is a special master that's individually going to go

through these documents, not a big team that can go through these documents. >> bret: that's a small pool, david, thank you. >> president biden courting big labor on this labor day. and continuing attacks on republican opponents. president on campaign trail in swing states of wisconsin and pennsylvania as he tries to motivate turnout for the november mid terms. white house correspondent peter doocy is traveling with the president in west miff flynn patonight. >> good evening, bret. it is labor day so we are officially in the homestretch of the midterm campaign and president biden is seeing today in some swing states democrats want to be with him. in some swing states they don't. he is also testing out a new line. >> the, the, the trumpians. >> the maga republicans are coming from your social security as well. >> trumpy's the week long blitz trump supporters in the house and senate. >> republicans and congress have chosen to go backwards full of

anger, violence, hate and division but together we can and must choose a different path. >> maga is bad, former president trump says maga is good. >> he thinks making america great again is a threat to our country. no, making america great again is great for our country. >> that was in pennsylvania. sandwiched between biden visits to the keystone state. democratic senate candidate john fetterman is appearing along joe biden labor day event something wisconsin's democrat senate candidate declined to do today. >> the same goes for lieutenant governor mandela barnes who couldn't be here but he is going yournext united states senator. >> official in charge of helping democrats keep the house insist democrats don't want distance from biden. >> you better believe we are going to stand with the president and say we passed in a bipartisan way better roads, better bridges, better healthcare for our veterans that

maga republicans tried to obstruct. >> republicans argue a new emphasis on the former president miss what is voters are most worried about. >> it's about americans' economic security and about americans' physical security. you didn't hear any of that being talked about on the economic front because of failed democrat policies. >> president biden disagrees. >> there's no questions about hard few years but we have come a long way. >> and he is urging unity among democrats, mainstream republicans and independence. >> hecklers different story. >> no, no, no the let him go. look, everybody is entitled to be an idiot. >> the united states steelworks of america, a labor union 2227 are hosting the president here at this event with hamburgers and hot dogs and lots of glad handing. it's the kind of event that we haven't seen since before covid and we expect to see more of in swing states where the democratic candidates decide they think president biden could help them more than hurt them.

bret? >> bret: peter doocy traveling with the president in pa, thanks. we now know who will be great britain's next prime minister. the conservative party today has chosen foreign secretary liz trust to replace boris johnson who stepped down in the wake of ethics sandals. senior foreign affairs london. >> one of america's top allies said to get a new person at the top, 47-year-old foreign secretary liz truss will become the u.s.' new prime minister winning the majority of votes. with the u.k. facing a looming recession, high inflation and labor unrest. she ran on mostly bread and butter issues with free market optimism. >> our beliefs resonate with the british people. our beliefs in freedom, in the ability to control your own life, in taxes and personal responsibility. >> she succeeds boris johnson who quit in july amid scandal. in fact she will be the 40

consecutive conservative u.k. prime minister. background of other cabinet post and some shifting positions. like being against britain's exit from the european union until it was approved and then favoring it. >> she needs to show that she actually understands and can meet the challenges that are there after 12 years of failure of this government. >> truss is also known for speaking her mind like when she said last month the jury is out as to whether france's president emmanuel macron is a friend or foe. the french leader reacted today. >> i expressed to her that france can graduate late her and we are available to work as allies and friends. >> person truss most admires is former u.k. prime minister margaret thatcher, may be a good thing for the u.s. she has been a strong supporter of ukraine and its fight against russia and ardent critic of chinese president xi jinping and authoritarian policies despite questions u.s. lawmakers have about her handling of northern ireland post brexit. >> proves to be a very dependable partner for

washington. >> truss is expected to attend the u.n. general assembly in new york later this month amid speculation the trip could have included a meeting with president biden. >> truss will actually become prime minister tomorrow after she meets with the queen at her castle in scotland. by the way, truss is the queen's 15th prime minister. now that's staying power. bret? >> bret: greg walcott in london. let's bring in our panel early tonight. jeff mason white house correspondent reuters. morgan or taking gas gus and hugh hewitt. hue, he ended on that piece out of the new prime minister in the u.k. we will start there with the panel. as you take a look at it liz trust truss 47 does not hail from the privileged wing of the party. she attended a government school. but she appeared, the first candidate's debate in july

wearing a white shirt with a bow on the front and she said the iron lady was a bit relentless. she -- what about liz truss and what americans need to know about the new prime minister? >> i'm hopeful. bret. 650 seats the tories control 357 and the a few more from the union nationalist from northern ireland. she got a huge majority. which she has got to use. and she has viewed to use and very quickly. staff her government by tomorrow night. going to slap a freeze on energy prices for every one of the 28 million households in great britain. and she is going to unleash energy production by removing a ban on fracking, stand strong with ukraine. put the nuclear submarines in the process of procurement. if she moves as fast as maggie thatcher did. we will all, the whole world will be better served for a very exciting time in great britain. >> bret: morgan? >> yeah. i had the privilege of

interviewing her in 2018 in d.c. i thought she was incredibly charismatic. very bright. i knew she was going to be a star. i didn't know how quickly it would be. i don't know how much i would give into the maggie thatcher comparisons or not. what she has to do is be a good prime minister and in the face of some enormous headwinds. you are looking at double digital inflation potentially in the u.k. as hugh just said you are looking at energy crisis potentially in europe as well that they're going to face this winter. so she is going to have a lot of external factors. one of the things that i can think we can look forward from the u.s. perspective that she could do immediately is to really slow down these iran negotiations that the e 3 that is england, germany, france, they are a part of. she could really put a stop to some negotiations that i think have been quite dangerous for american national security. >> bret: jeff, this white house, it's interesting. the financial times had a piece out which it said inside liz truss' not so special relationship with the u.s. beneath a veneer of solidarity.

truss has at times issued her american counterparts. truss' thatcher won her many supporters in republican foreign policy circles. while she is not short of fans on the right, friction with democrats. nancy pelosi was deeply concerned by the u.k. government's intention to discard the post brexit northern ireland protocol. truss said she would not bow to the pressure. i will be very clear with people like nancy pelosi exactly what i think about this and exactly what we gheed to do. this relationship obviously is very special and important to the u.s. what's the biden administration's take? >> well, i think the biden administration is likely looking forward to continuity with the u.k. and looking forward to working with her. sure there will be some points of disagreement. but that's true with any ally. i think, in general, that the -- some of the challenges that she faces in the u.k. are the same challenges that president biden faces in the united states. inflation being one of the top ones. and their positions on the war

against ukraine are lock step. so, yeah, there may be a few things where they disagree, but, in general, i think they look forwards to working together. >> bret: president biden on the campaign trail today in wisconsin and pennsylvania. take a listen. >> not a single republican congressman voted to protect your pensions. we beat pharma this year. we beat pharma this year and it mattered! i'm encouraging unions. that's what i have been doing from day one. no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. don't, let -- let him -- let him. look, everybody is entitled to an idiot. >> hugh, he is hitting numerous times today on going after the maga republicans, following on that speech he gave in front of independence hall. your thoughts on stirring the base that way and what implications it has politically? >> i think his plant after face

plant. we go back to the semi-fascist slur. then we go forward to the student loan bailout. and forward to the red setting. the red wedding speech which was a much panned by everyone who was objective about it and today you have the wisconsin and democratic senator candidate not showing up with the president like tim ryan in ohio. they don't want to be anywhere near him e has 38% approval. it's falling. he can always get a crowd. he is the president of the united states. people want to see him. people don't like him some union guy also show up, et cetera. it's been a disastrous starts to the labor day campaign and talk later specific races i think. right now you would rather have the republican cards and the democratic cards and rather be led by mitch mcconnell and kevin mccarthy than joe biden. >> you saw president biden live there on the ground in pennsylvania. taking pictures with a lot of union guys. morgan, the former president had a legal victory today talk about that in a second. as president biden gets on the

trail and says that former president trump is a threat to democracy, today on truth social the former president said this: now that the fbi and doj have been caught in a massive and determinative election rigging scam, are they going to change the results of the 2020 presidential election? they should. is the former president giving ammo to the current president on the campaign trail with posts like that? >> yeah. it's probably not the most helpful thing he could tweet. going into the midterms and it's clear that the biden team tries to use those type of statements and to do whatever they can to attach president trump to the midterms. that's the whole strategy. but, i think what we have to focus more on is the speech that hugh just talked about and how the president and his team have made a calculated decision to motivate by hate. they have made a calculated decision to divide this country

pirnd should know look at the members of the military. most of the members of the military are registered republicans who probably voted for trump. are you trying to say people who sign up to give their lives for this country are a threat to the republic? it was one of the most insulting and demonizing things that i have ever seen a president do to half the country. and i find it to be very chilling. if this is how they have to motivate their base because 70% of disapprove of the country we are in for dark, dark days from the biden administration. >> bret: the white house secretary fielded a lot of questions about that speech. the president took one from our own peter doocy. they are all in, aren't they on this campaign pitch and this is how it's going to go heading into november? >> absolutely. i think they are all in. and the president's message, whether it was came or arrived well with some part of the country or not was certainly that he thinks trump and trump

supporters are a threat to american democracy. the president or the white house argued that that wasn't a political speech. i think that's been a tough argument for them to make. that said, i think it's something that the president believes deeply and to get back to your question to morgan just now, when the former president on his social media platform says the fbi or the doj should turn over the election, it just shows a fundamental misunderstanding of what the constitution allows the fbi and the doj to do. and it shows where his head is about democracy and i think it absolutely gives fodder to president biden. i think he will use it. >> bret: quickly, hugh, a big win for the trump legal team today, a special master being appointed after all the pundits everywhere were saying there is no way this is going to happen. it happened. >> judge cannon is a graduate at high law school. if harold was on we would be talking about university of michigan putting another good judge on the bench. the key part of the ruling is this is unique circumstances. documents have been seized from a former president of the united

states. who has seven years of cobbers back and for the with the fbi and doj. let's see which of those # 1,000 documents ought to have been taken. not necessarily a victory for him yet it depends on what the special master gives back. what the special master keeps. but it is certainly the only way for him to get a victory over the doj and fbi and questioning their motives. >> bret: all right. panel. we will see you at the bottom of the show. up next, treacherous waters are not stopping illegal immigrants from trying to get into the u.s. we'll have a live report from the border. ♪

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>> bret: breaking tonight canadian police say one of two men wanted to fatally stabbing at least 10 people in indigenous community in a nearby town has now been found dead. authorities say damion sanderson did not kill himself. the other suspect, his brother may be injured and remains at large. 18 people were injured in those attacks some were targeted others appeared to have been coach at random. officials have given no motive for these crimes every police presence near a creek about six

miles from where a missing mother of two children was last seen. such for aliza fletcher continues tonight. alleged abductor identity theft, he was arrested saturday after police detected his d.n.a. on a pair of sandals near where fletcher was last seen. she was on jucketted while jogging around 4:00 a.m. friday. correspondent garrett tenney is in eagle pass, texas to show us how illegal immigrants continue to come into the country no matter the obstacle, good evening, garrett. >> yeah, bret. despite 13 migrants drowning while trying to cross the rio grand late last week and despite the warnings by border patrol, hundreds of migrants are continuing to try to make this treacherous crossing of the

waters. you can see many of these groups, include young children who are used as one link in human chains to try to forge through the river. we have seen multiple people today torn away by the strong current and carried downstream until texas national guard is able to pick them up. this man was sucked under water while swimming to the guardsman's boat and disappeared for several seconds before they were able to get him a life ring and save him. meanwhile, in chicago, mayor lori lightfoot says her city is now dealing with a crisis. after receiving another bus of roughly 50 migrants from texas this weekend. and she is slamming governor greg abbott for busing those who have entered the country illegally to sanctuary cities like hers. >> this is creating a human crisis. and treating people without dignity, without respect. it's not what we are as americans. and it's, frankly, another demonstration of unpatriotic

conduct on the part of governor of texas. >> governor abbott's office is calling those attacks a pathetic political ploy and adding instead of lowly personal attackings on the governor and complaining about a few dozen migrants being bussed into her sanctuary city. mayor lightfoot should call on president biden to take immediate action to secure the border. something the president continues failing to do. cbp has not officially reported the number of migrant deaths so far this year but based on what our sources have told us, the total could end up breaking the all-time record set just last year of 566. bret? >> bret: garrett tenney along the border. thank you. up next, update on hectic travel day across the country. florida calls on customers to cut on electricity use amid rolling blackout. fox 13 in seattle. the coast guard has suspended the search for those missing after a plane.

as you tell. at least one person dead. nine others are missing. people living in the area reported hearing a boom as the plane hit the water. the cause of this incident is unknown. fox 5 in new york where the chief financial officer of bed, baath, and beyond jumps to his death from a manhattan building after being named in a $1.2 billion lawsuit. the class action suit alleges gustavo was among a group of traders involved in a pump and dump scheme. and this is a live look at cleveland. >> one of the big stories there tonight from fox 8, our affiliate. the cleveland air show returns for labor day weekend the event focuses on blue angel. and super hornets. the air show features. parachuting and gravity defying defeats. good to be back. that's a live look outside the beltway from "special report." we'll be right back. ♪

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supply. the head of california's power grid wants people to conservative power. >> rotating outages are a possibility today. are now moving into the most extreme part of this heat wave and really stepping up those actions here today and tomorrow in particular are going to be essential to helping us maintain reliability. >> with strains on california's power grid at hand, more doubts about how the state will handle an electric car mandate by the year 2035. 1 states are already weighing plans to adopt california's electric vehicle mandate but not everyone is on board. minnesota's governor said in a statement, quote: we are not california. minnesota has its own plan. our priority is to lower costs and increase choices so minnesotans can drive whatever vehicle suits them. critics say the electric vehicle mandate just doesn't make sense. >> how much more demand is there going to be if everybody is having to plug in an electric vehicle and how much more chaos could this potentially unleash given what we have already seen of the wobbly california power

grids. >> the deadliest and most destruct tiff wildfire in california's history was caused by nearly 100-year-old electric transmission faulty line in 2018. president biden's energy secretary says more needs to be done to expand the electric grid. >> we're pushing on august of these levers simultaneously to get clean power onto the nation's electric grid. we have got to double the size of the electric grid in this country not just for electric vehicles but because of the growth of the country. >> california officials say the state could break the all-time record for power demand tomorrow. bret? >> bret: critics are saying this is putting the cart before the house or electric cars before the grid. >> that's right, bret. right now we are just seeing california is not handling its electricity there was this massive wildfire in 2018 by faulty power line about 100 years old. you heard clay travis saying if california can't handle electricity now what's going to

happen when millions plug in their cars to get power. >> bret: all right, lucas, thank you. it's been a very hectic holiday for travel that is despite the fact that almost everything is more expensive this year and logistics have been a major issue all summer. correspondent bill melugin international airport tonight. >> holiday travel full swing lax more than 450,000 people are expected to depart from over the holiday weekend. making it the third busiest airport in the country. >> way too busy right now. i should have gotten here an hour ago. >> i worried i was going to be here and trying to figure out if i could even check my bag or be even able to make it to my flight from aaa estimating 48 million traveling with this labor day expects to be the busiest in three years. experts say the number of people flying is now back to pre-pandemic levels and passengers are feeling it at airports all across the country. >> some of these lines are wrapping around the corner. i mean, i'm asking people what's going on over here?

>> it's been a really busy traveling weekend. you can definitely they will tell there is more people out. >> majority will be taking place on the roads. gas prices have been slowly creek down since they hit record highs over the surgeon. nationwide average for a gallon of gas hit $5 in june. it has since dropped to $3.82. still much higher than what drivers want to see. >> two and a half years ago, at the bottom of my street, the gas was 1.84 a gallon. now it's 3 pine 50 down from 4 pine 50. aaa says this labor day weekend shows americans are ready to bounce back from the pandemic. >> people have spent two years of pandemic restrictions and lockdowns and they are just ready to get out there. not only are we anticipating that this labor day will be a very busy time for travelers so will the rest of the year. >> and, bret, tsa reports that as of this morning, they had already screened more than 6 million people at airports all around the country.

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it. >> >> japan is criticizing russia for military exercises conducted on disputed islands claimed by the tokyo government. russia held drills on two of the four islands which stokeio calls the northern territories. comes as japan's defense ministry six russian and four chinese warships fired machine guns off japan's northern coast. major oil producers are preparing to trim splice tonight. senior foreign affairs correspondent amy kellogg tells us why from milan. he peck decided to cut oil production to keep prices up. this, among other things, is seen by some as a slap in the face by the saudi's to washington had which was against the move. and europe, grappled with gas prices. >> we will get through this winter as far as the supply situation is concerned and as far as we can tell today. >> europe meant to be bouncing back from covid and building back better is now just worried about making it through the next

few months. russia claiming friday it doesn't know when it can fix its natural pipeline to germany it says because of sanctions. that sent gas prices soaring in europe up 35% monday alone. they are up 400 percent year on year. the kremlin saying europe asked for it. >> the quality of life is declining this is the obvious reality and of course regular citizens will have more and more questions to the leadership of their countries. >> there were, in fact, protests albeit small in the czech republic people angry at their government and nato. russia no doubt gloat over that as well. this as european stocks fell and euro hit a two decade low against the dollar and leaders across the continent are trying to figure out how they can share energy where needed. france will fire up all its nuclear power plants this winter half are currently under repair. germany will keep a couple on stand by having sworn off nuclear years ago.

multi billion dollars relief packages are being rolled out across the con continue inept and france has just called for a 10% reduction in energy use to avoid rationing and/or cuts this winter. bret. >> bret: amy kellogg in milan, italy. >> afghanistan kabul bombing killed two staffers and one civilian. a diplomat was calling out names for visa candidates whether that explosion occurred. there is nod me claim of responsibility for the blast there are indications tonight that ukrainian efforts to repel russian invaders in ukraine are becoming more successful. correspondent alex hogan has the latest on the counter attack strategy from kyiv. >> fire breaking out early monday morning. ukraine says russia targeted roughly a dozen eastern towns but in the first symbolic sign of kyiv's counter offensive successes, ukrainian troops

raise the flag in two regained towns. ukrainian president volodymyr zy promising to lib enter rated more. >> life will return to crimea again. >> ukraine's new offensive focuses on quearg out russian forces in the south while also protecting their own. >> we need to save their lives. >> in the southern city of mykolaiv the mayor argued quick counter measures with without manpower would only sacrifice too many ukrainian soldiers especially given the attacks in the south more of which hit mykolaiv this weekend. every day the city shuttles in about 5 million gallons of drinking water as residents line up to bring home however everywhere they can carry. the mayor says the only way of getting clean running water again is winning back occupied areas. >> as soon as we free kherson we will be able to repair pipes. >> meanwhile further north fire

broke out at the nuclear power plant disconnecting the last transmission line and knocking it off the power grid once again. the alarming escalation comes just two days after shelling also destroyed another key power line. experts from the international atomic energy agency remain inside the plant. tomorrow they will present their full report to the united nations security council about the conditions of the facility and severity of the nuclear threat. bret? >> bret: alex hogan in kyiv. alex, thanks. up next the panel on the midterm elections. it's labor day after all. first beyond our borders tonight. kenya's supreme court rejects challenges to the official results of the presidential election in kenya. the move upholds deputy president william rutu's narrow win. is he expected to be sworn in next week. the opposition candidate had alleged irregularities in the august 9th election. chinese citizens face another round of lockdowns. 65 million people across 33 cities in china are facing full or partial restrictions.

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♪ ♪ >> how many homes it does dr. oz have. in new jersey dr. oz makes crudite. i'm going to make it simple for all of you, it's a choice. the union way of life or someone like dr. oz who could would take it away. >> this country dramatically turned in the wrong direction. i'm the person for change. i will make the change family values here in pennsylvania because i believe in the

american dream. >> bret: general fetterman today in pennsylvania campaigning with president biden and dr. mehmet oz campaigning with the former president donald trump. we invited both of them on "special report." one of them is coming on tomorrow, dr. oz. we will see if the lieutenant governor comes later this week. our invite is still out. meantime, the "wall street journal" says independent voters now tilting toward democrats in midterm elections. democrats are entering the homestretch before november's election in better shape than earlier this year boosted by gains among independent voters, improved views of president biden and higher voting enthusiasm among abortion rights supporters. we're back with our panel. jeff mason, morgan ortagus and hugh hewitt. morgan, there are a number of outlitt, cook political report, politico, a number of different places that have moved several races towards the democrats larkd is the start of the campaign season and also the spending on campaign ads. i think that's right.

you are looking at 70% of the country still think it's on the wrong track. biden's approval rating in the 30's. maybe ticked up a few points. we are not looking at gas prices going down further if you start to look at just what you were reporting earlier in the hour with saudi and the other producers so, there may not be a vast margin in the senate or the house, but i still think that these are very competitive races. i will be with oz and mccormick on wednesday. their first event together after the primary and i will give you a full bret. >> bret: good. the dnc and rnc chair and on "fox news sunday." >> we are going to hold the majority in the house because we have a plan to fix the problems our country is facing. the other side has only a ploy to win back power for themselves. >> this is a security election it's about grocery and gas. it's about being safe and secure in our homes and our communities. democrats have caused this problem. they are going to pay for it at the blot box. two different pitches obviously,

jeff, there is two different on the democratic side. >> by the senate there is. the polling underscores that morgan is right. and you are right to say it's still very early. a lot can happen between now and november. but, if you look at the toss-up races or some of the race that were considered toss-ups that are now moving at least according to some pollsters into democratic territory, including pennsylvania and including arizona. that is helpful for dems when they look at the senate. i think the house is a different story. there seems to be a little bit more confidence on the democratic side that they have a shot at holding the house. but, i think that was going to be a tougher call. >> bret: they don't have that many seats to pick up in redistricting effects a number of those states. "u.s.a. today," hugh, asset or liability. hasn't led to new invitations on campaign trail. he has three trips to pennsylvania, wisconsin and ohio later this week. >> well, the earlier number that morgan put out 70% wrong

direction, that's the key. lagging indicators are polls. i don't think so much of polls. i do look at races in the senate and i feel much better among than i did a month ago. herschel walker is caught and surpassed raphael warnock in georgia not by a lot but by a little. people generally like herschel. i look out in arizona. blake masters closed within 4 points. mark kelly sat risk of getting caught. i think dr. oz has a lot of momentum meanwhile new states come into play in the senate race, especially colorado with joe owe district attorney. o'day.all tolled, the presidentw everything into this student loan bailout. and it blew up in his hands. he tried again with that speech in philadelphia. it blew up in his hands. he is out there trying as best he can but there is a reason people don't show up with him, bret, because he is an anchor on the electability. while i think it's a good thing for democrats say going to win

the house it's a joke. we all know it's a joke. just a question of whether kevin mccarthy 10 or 25 seat margin. >> bret: we had everybody choose a race. hugh, you chose georgia. you just mentioned it that the herschel walker raphael warnock race and the rcp average has closed. interest are some new polls suggesting walker has moved as you mentioned in recent days. morgan, your race is a primary up in new hampshire. >> yeah. we still have a primary left. looking at new hampshire one house race fers. i have endorsed matt howers. it's going to be a tough one. we also have a very competitive senate race as well with chuck morris and dan ball duck in that race. it's interesting. these people likre. millions of dollars being poured into that. >> bret: quickly you picked arizona that race.

>> arizona. exactly. mentioned that earlier. mark kelly is polling about 8 points ahead than his counterpart master according to the latest fox news poll a couple weeks ago. there was another one from trafalgar that showed him 3 or 4 points ahead. closing in a little bit. still ahead and far, far far outfundraising which ends up being very important in the final stretches of the campaign. >> bret: all right. guys we have many of these discussions to come before november. thank you. >> thank you. ♪ >> bret: finally tonight a special day a young boy in illinois receiving a big surprise from project fire buddies. 9-year-old casey douglas is battling cancer. first responders showed up with tons of presents, toys, flat screen tvs, some new comfy couches plus a chance to get behind the wheel of a big fire truck.

very cool. congratulations. tomorrow on "special report," we will talk as mentioned with republican senate nominee dr. mehmet oz. thanks for inviting us into your home tonight. that's it for this "special report" fair, balanced and unafraid. happy birthday labor. "jesse watters primetime" starts right now. ♪ >> jesse: when we launched this show back in january, i wanted it to be more than the typically cable news program. yeah, i wanted to talk about politics and the pelosis especially and, of course, the bidens, but i also wanted to have a little fun. looking back on these past eight months i can say we have had a food time. who else can say they interviewed a woman who identifies as a wolf or who married their cat? well, i can. i'm glad i did. because you see here at "primetime," we believe all voices deserve to be heard